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Christie Laser Projector has 40K Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Christie has announced the D4K40-RGB, a new RGB laser projector with 40,000 Ansi lumens of output and 5,000:1 on/off contrast and based around a three 1.38″ DLP DCI 4K chips. The life of the …

Tags:Christie| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 40

MDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #40

by Bob Raikes

Amazon is updating the Kindle Paperwhite that continues to sell at $130 in the US and will ship from November. The unit is waterproof to IPX8 (2m of water for an hour). There is …

Tags:Amazon| eReaders| Industrial Monitors| LED Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Samsung Considering Big QD-OLED Investment

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has acknowledged that it is continuing to look at the possibility of using OLED substrates and materials to drive an architecture that exploits the work that it is doing to develop ‘QD Filter’ …

Tags:Forecasts| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Materials Market| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 40

US Consumers Positive about ATSC

by Bob Raikes

US researcher, Magid, surveyed more than 1,500 US consumers and found that there is “solid overall interest in and high likelihood to use” the new ATSC 3.0 OTA digital services according to . They …

Tags:ATSC| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 41

Socionext Supports 8K With Video and Bridge Chips

by Bob Raikes

Japanese supplier, Socionext, has developed a new ‘HV5’ series of chips that it will show at Ceatec and which support HDMI V2.1, to allow the display of 8K video with low latency. The SC1H05AC01 …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Video Processors| Vol 25 - Issue 40

HP Boosts High End Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

HP has introduced new ZBooks in the Z by HP range, designed for content creators and designers. There are four new models (The HP ZBook Studio, HP ZBook Studio x360, HP ZBook G5 15 …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PCs| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Eizo Surgical Monitor Supports Passive S3D

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has a new monitor in its CuratOR range for surgical use. The EX3141-3D is a 31.1″ UltraHD IPS monitor with 450 cd/m² of output and supports 3D operation for use in 3D endoscopy. …

Tags:3D display| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Dell Adds to UltraSharp Range

by Bob Raikes

Dell has introduced a number of new monitors. One is the 49″ that our friend, Jon Peddie has looked at (Dell’s Gigundous* 49″ Ultrasharp Monitor) and has highlighted the S2719DC that we reported on …

Tags:Curved Displays| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Philips 43″ Disappoints Hexus

by Bob Raikes

Hexus.net has published a review of the Philips 436M6VBPAB 43″ UltraHD HDR1000 monitor, advertised as the first monitor to achieve the HDR1000 label. Unfortunately, the review is mixed, with the local dimming used to …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 40

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Optoma UltraHD Projector Uses LED

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has a new LED UltraHD DLP projector for home cinema applications based on a DLP engine with 2000 lumens of output and 250,000:1 contrast. It has support for 118% of Rec.709 for wide …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Optoma| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Consumers the Winners Again

by Bob Raikes

We have a big issue of MDM this week with reports from the SID Vehicle event in the US and a short report from the Paris Motor Show. Chris also sent in a report …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Upscaling| Vol 25 - Issue 39

CES Unveiled Alongside the Paris Motor Show

by Bob Raikes

To broaden the interest globally in the CES Las Vegas event, over the last few years, the CTA has held events in Europe, well in advance of the show, to promote it. The London …

Tags:Automotive| CES Unveiled and Paris Motor Show| CTA (was CEA)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 39